“Time waits for no man,” Cole, who final played for Tampa Bay Rowdies in a United States, told Sky Sports. “It was removing harder and harder to get out of bed. The mind wants to do it though a physique was revelation me that it was enough.

“I’m behind over in England, we enjoyed my time in America and wouldn’t change it for a world. But I’m behind over here now prepared for a subsequent chapter.

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“I’ve already been personification in a Power Leagues. we will always be concerned in football in some capacity, I’m a football man, I’ve always been around football people and it’s all I’ve known.

“It was only a right time (to retire). If we stayed out in America we could substantially still play though it’s time to pull a line in a silt and pierce on.”

Cole, who warranted 56 caps and scored 10 goals for England, won 3 Premier League titles and dual FA Cups during his time during Chelsea.

Asked if there was a turn of bewail in determining to hang adult his boots, he added: “You’re always a small bit unhappy given it’s something I’ve been doing given we was a small kid.

“But I’ve been propitious adequate to do a pursuit we positively love. Retirement is always there as a footballer, we know it’s going to come.

“I’m prepared for it, we have copiousness of things going, a good family to demeanour after so I’m doing well.”

Cole was regarded as one of a most-talented prospects of his era when he detonate onto a stage as a 17-year-old during West Ham.

His retirement was met by an escape of tributes from a footballing community, that came as a warn to Cole.

“All a messages I’ve been removing have been utterly emotional, people observant good finished or giving me a pat on a behind – it’s been unexpected,” he said. “It’s only bizarre to finally see that it’s come to a finish in football.

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“All a messages from my peers have been special. As a actor we wish your team-mates to respect, so all from a good players we played with and a fans have been special.

“I’m blissful people enjoyed examination me play or personification with me.”

With Cole during a finish of his personification career, he was asked what recommendation he would give to budding immature players starting their tour in football.

“Never forget yourself a small kid, and how most we wanted to play a diversion and how most it meant to you,” he said.

“Football can make we asocial during times though it goes in a blink of an eye, make certain we delight it and do yourself justice.”